Anyone Cancelling Truck Camper Trips Due to Fuel Prices?

Grit dog wrote:

JoeChiOhki wrote:
Haven't started any yet, but burning through about 90 gallons or so of fuel a week since the old Dodge had to resume Daily Driver Status.

The camper kind of was built with a double purpose in mind, one of which was potentially as a "stay in town" solution if I needed to cut my commute costs for a while by staying in the camper and floating around near by my work place during the week days and then heading home for the weekend.

Since its been ten years since I last camped anywhere, I'm not currently planning to cut back on anything, since nothing is in stone yet, more concerned with shortages vs fuel prices and the resulting hyper price spikes it may cause for regular consumables.

I may also speak with my manager about seeing if I can get approved for a "workcation" model for periods of time since we have our Star Link RV unit now, which means as long as I can get it some sky I can get online with decent enough latency to do my job remotely for a change.

But you’re not actually trying to camp, nor save $ on fuel. Neither in the least.
And apparently not this year either. So I can understand your lack of concern for fuel prices.
If you were, you wouldn’t be commuting in an old gasser dually forever.

The truck wasn't supposed to become a daily driver, however, both of my previous daily drivers have simply reached the point of they can't go any further till I do some major overhaul work on them, one becoming a parts donor for repairing the other.

Atm, I'm shopping around for a small late 80s early 90s mini-pickup to become the tow-behind and the new daily driver so I can stop racking up miles on the camper hauler. The only plus side has been that the resumation of use as a Daily Driver has helped push some marginal parts to the point where they're making it known clearly enough that we can find them all and replace them before the big round-the-country sabbatical run in 2024.

Atm, fuel costs are annoying, but not too far beyond what I was dealing with in 2008. We made several lifestyle choices to keep our costs down (We neither rent apartments nor have a mortgage for a home) and both my spouse and I are still working, myself in tech and her at our local hospitals, so its helped.

The only reason we're not already camping is the camper simply isn't finished with its seven year restoration, and the truck still needs a couple more repairs to make sure all the running gear is in top condition to make sure we're operating safely.

After that, it will likely be picking random bits of back country to go to every weekend away from where the larger groups tend to go unless fuel gets to a concern point / shortages, at which point, I'll either be trying to Work from home part time or taking the camper to work and living it during the week, migrating my parking spots to stay within the limits of the city laws without driving too far from my worksite.

Our biggest trip might be down to Utah later this year if time allows.

So, yes, I am moderately concerned with the impact on overall costs of fuel, but as you pointed out, I'm not camping/traveling, yet.